New Dustin Wong: “The Big She”

Tokyo-based guitarist Dustin Wong already had a strong first half of 2013, teaming up with Shibuya-kei staple Takako Minekawa to produce an album that took both artist out of their comfort zones. Now he’s primed for the rest of the year too, as he has a solo album (Mediation Of Ecstatic Energy) due out on Thrill Jockey in September. Here is our first preview of that collection, the surprisingly menacing “The Big She.” It opens with what almost sounds like guitar scraping, eventually joined by Wong’s submerged voice. Then…it shifts, and a beat enters…and then it borders on turning into a heavy metal number (or at least the boss music for a video game set in a dungeon). It’s a fragmented yet intriguing work, and makes us all the more excited for Wong’s forthcoming release. Listen below.